Assistant Director: Budget Management at Gauteng Treasury

Requirements :

• A three-year tertiary qualification at NQF level 7 in Financial Management/ Financial Accounting/ Management Accounting/ Economics/ Finance. 3 years’ functional experience in budget management environment.

Duties :

• To provide support during the implementation of the provincial planning and budgeting process by providing advice, guidance and training to client departments on the provincial budget process, budget formats and budget reforms. To support the implementation of the provincial reporting process by providing advice, guidance and training to client departments on the reporting requirements and formats in line with applicable prescripts.
• To support the provision of technical assistance to the provincial treasury and client departments throughout the budgeting cycle, which entails formulation of departments’ proposals of MTEF and adjustments budgets; treasury’s review of budget proposals (budget database, and Estimates of Provincial Revenue and Expenditure); evaluation of departments’ budget proposals in or for planning and budgeting structures such as Medium-Term Expenditure Committee, MEC’s bilateral meetings, Extended Premier’s Budget Committee, and National benchmarking meetings; and contribute to the compilation of documentation required for tabling of provincial appropriation bills in provincial legislature. To support the provision of guidance on the implementation of the Public Finance Management Act, Treasury Regulations and the Division of Revenue Act.